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We Want Answers: Jake Tapper
“You’ll be sure to note that the Eagles mascot is by my side,” Jake Tapper says as we grab seats in his cluttered office inside […]
Why Is Bob Brady Still in Charge?
Bob Brady, the U.S. Congressman and boss of Philadelphia’s Democratic Party, is six-foot-one and has a massive barrel chest. His head and neck are also […]
Does Every Child Need to Learn to Code?
Christopher Geary doesn’t look as tired as he ought to. In the past week he’s met with educators who run private schools in Beijing and […]
The Utterly Fabulous (and Totally Boring) Life of Laurentius
It’s 4 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon, and I’m sitting in a butter yellow Queen Village kitchen, watching six-year-old Jude Purnama as he slurps up […]
Do They Still Make Republicans Like Tom Ridge?
On election night, as the foreign country around him lay sleeping, Tom Ridge stayed up all night, watching TV. “I wanted to know who my […]
Off the Cuff: March 2017
While I never supported Donald Trump in the last election, I felt strongly that once he was in office, he should be given a chance. […]
Is King of Prussia the New Promised Land?
ONE RECENT AFTERNOON, I take a short drive west, out the Schuylkill, to a place I have never been, despite a quarter century of living […]
Mike Rossi’s Endless Marathon
It’s come to this, for Mike Rossi. He’s a karaoke DJ at a bar on Old York Road in Abington. At first glance, the Kitchen […]
Comcast’s Surprisingly Viral Future
I first wrote about Comcast for this magazine in 1991, when a few hundred million dollars and endless spools of coaxial cable were all you […]
Amy Gutmann Is Brilliant, Boring, Inclusive, Safe, Distant, Warm, and Able to Stand on Her Head.
One afternoon in early December, Amy Gutmann, dressed in a puffy blue coat, exits her office and traverses Locust Walk to her next appointment, a […]